Kobe Bryant reportedly left a preseason game early to visit Lamar Odom in the hospital

Odom, a former NBA player for 14 seasons, played his best basketball with the Lakers, helping them win two championships in 2009 and 2010.

He is evidently still close with teammates from that era, as Kobe Bryant reportedly left a preseason game early to go see Odom.

In a Lakers preseason game against the Sacramento Kings being played in Las Vegas, Bryant had already left with a leg injury. When news of Odom’s hospitalisation broke, Bryant left the arena entirely to rush to the hospital (along with GM Mitch Kupchak).

I can’t help but to be up right now… THINKING about my ex teammate/ friend LO.. On my knees praying…please God let him pull thru..
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) October 14, 2015

In a profile on Kobe Bryant last season, Bryant told Sports Illustrated’s Chris Ballard that he still talks to many of his former teammates, including Odom. Clearly, that bond is still tight for Bryant to leave a game early and hold up a flight so he can visit Odom.